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Facebook Is Now the Fourth Largest Site In The World

By Sumaira Bajwa • Aug 5th, 2009 • Category: Technology

The global rise of Facebook is nothing less than astounding. In the month of June alone it gained 24 million unique visitors worldwide, compared to the month before, for a total of 340 million unique visitors worldwide. It is now the fourth largest site in the world, trailing only Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo sites, according [...]



A step backward into “Barbarism”

By Saleem Khan • Jun 26th, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

Barbarism, the condition to which a society or civilization may be reduced after a societal collapse, relative to an earlier period of cultural or technological advancement; the term may also be used pejoratively to describe another society or civilization which is deemed inferior in some way.
Are we still living in an age of barbarism or [...]



Profile of a Philanthropist: Warren Buffett

By Farid Masood • Apr 24th, 2008 • Category: Misc

Warren Buffett was born in Omaha, Nebraska in August of 1930. As the son of a local stock broker, he was likely exposed to markets at a young age. As he got older, Buffett had a few successful entrepreneurial ventures, making him consider proceeding straight into business rather than going to college. His father, however, [...]



Food Crises, It Aint Local No More!!

By Faisal.k • Apr 17th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Often a person gets so involved in their local and day to day problems of which we face several living in Pakistan, that we begin to lose sight of the bigger picture.
Pakistan has been in the grip of serious shortages of food, i.e flour, rice and other edibles since the start of this year. Which [...]